IELTS Task 2 two-part essay: The influence of newspapers
A Task 2 two-part question. Answer each question directly, and give the two parts about the same weight.
2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 6.0 to 7.0. Updated on 11 October 2026.
The question
Newspapers have an influence on people’s ideas and opinions.
What are the reasons for this? Is it a negative or positive development?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 2 essays the average band is 6.5: Task Response 7.0, Coherence and Cohesion 6.5, Lexical Resource 6.5, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 6.5. Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy were the weakest criteria.
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #2
Task response 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
It is true that newspapers can influence people's ideas and opinions. There are a number of reasons for this, and I truly believe that it is a positive development. One…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Essay #1
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
It is true that newspapers tend to change people’s ideas and opinions. There are number of reasons for that and I truly believe that it is a positive development. One of…
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